It Started With A Stool...

One of my favourite films is Juno, I had in on my ipod when I went travelling so watched it many many times.  I love that it begins with the line 'It started with a chair' and so when I was thinking about all my milking stool conversions over the last year or so, I thought it was a very good way to start a post.

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So it started with a stool. A milking stool to be precise, bought from ebay, plain and simple in a lovely varnished wood. There were plans for this simple stool, and soon it was given a lovely textured, knitted cover just for a Baby Photoshoot.

Covered in a lovely textured cream chunky wool in simple stockinette stitch, this stool first featured in the Baby Boden Autumn 2012 catalogue, as modelled by the very cute baby above!

Incredibly versatile, and so easily transformable, I then painted the legs in a lovely Farrow and Ball soft grey, and knitted a new grey/purple cover for the top. 

And finally, covered in a lovely jersey top print fabric from the Autumn 2013 Baby Boden range which can currently be seen on the preview website www.bodenpreview.co.uk

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Stool number 2, with slightly plainer legs also started life as the above with a simple cream knitted cover, leaving the legs natural. It was quickly then transformed with paint and grey wool to give the lovely new soft appearance as below. This one was knitted in a french knitted effect yarn, Bergere de France Bergereine in Rotin colour and I lovely the double knitted effect you get from this.

This stool was then transformed again for the Baby Boden Autumn 2013 catalogue, as seen on the preview website, with a lovely checkerboard knitting effect. 

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Finally this slightly larger milking stool, bought from ebay, has also been transformed for various shoots, finishing in its current state a with pale grey frame, and a bright stripy yellow and white knitted cover, just waiting to be sat on!

And very finally, and it doesn't really go, apart from the fact that it's a stool, but I love this tall thin three legged stool covered in a light printed cotton fabric - gorgeous!